Asia is a growing destination for trade and investment particularly for companies based in the OECD markets. Banks servicing such companies thus need to meet their customers' needs in any of the countries they require services without necessarily expanding their network or operations indefinitely. Asian Gateway provides an avenue for banks, especially from OECD countries to partner Standard Chartered and tap on its inherent strengths to deliver Asia as part of a complete customer solution.

Benefits to Partner Bank

Besides meeting your customers' banking needs in Asia, partnering with Standard Chartered also means that you are better able to:

• Retain customers - defend customer base from international competitors
• Broaden and deepen existing customer relationships
• Attract new business by participating in global RFPs
• Focus on core markets

Value Proposition for Your Clients

Clients of partner banks are also assured of being backed by Standard Chartered's commitment in the emerging markets from its 150-year history. Specifically, partner banks and their clients can benefit from Standard Chartered's:

• Excellent Asian network
• In-depth knowledge of Asian markets, banking and regulatory environment
• Quality banking services consistently delivered through reliable systems and processes
• Global resources to bring solutions to your clients in a consultative approach

Target Customers

This Asian Gateway service is designed for partner banks to better service multinational organisations which are headquartered in OECD countries but have business in Asia. These are typically medium to large sized corporations with regional transactional banking needs such as payments and collections.

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